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The “unimaginable atrocities” against the Yazidi minority in Iraq by militants of the Islamic State require that the international community work on the “rescue, protection of, and care for the Yazidi community.” This came in a report drafted by a Read more
The head of the Yemeni delegation to the UN-led talks in Kuwait, Foreign Minister, Abdulmalik al-Mekhlafi, said they are leaving Kuwait but not the talks, after the delegation signed a peace process agreement proposed by UN special envoy Ismail Ould Read more
The decision to remove Saudi Arabia from the list of child rights violators in a UN report on the issue was unwelcomed by Iran. Iran’s Permanent Representative to the UN Gholamali Khoshrou told a Security Council Open Debate on children Read more
“The oil market is oversupplied now but there are expectations that there will be balance between demand and supply in the market” Iranian oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told state TV amid reports of OPEC members increasing their total output Read more
Al Nusra Front is no longer affiliated to the al-Qaeda network or to “any external entity” according to a video message by Abu Mohammad al-Golani, leader of the group, on Thursday. Henceforth, the Syrian based group that emerged during the Read more
The Yemeni peace talks in Kuwait have hit rock-bottom after the Houthi Movement’s political wing, Ansar Allah, and General People’s Congress (GPC), of former president Abdellah Saleh, reached an agreement to form a 10-man supreme political council that would “mange Read more
Within a week, Israeli authorities have announced the planned construction of more than 1000 housing units in the occupied Palestinian territories prompting condemnation from the EU and the US. Jerusalem’s Major, Nik Barkat, said the plans “are not new, and Read more
Qamishli, referred to as the capital of self-declared autonomous Kurdish state on Syrian territory, suffered its first major attack with a truck bomb that killed at least 40 people and injured more than a 100. The Islamic State claimed responsibility Read more
Outspoken Kuwaiti Member of Parliament, Abdulhameed Dashti, famous for his strong criticism of other Gulf States was sentenced in absentia to 14 years and 6 months in prison by a Kuwaiti court on Wednesday. The MP was sued for his Read more
Days after he warned that the additional U.S. in Iraq will become targets, Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr made similar warnings to the UK on Sunday. London is planning on doubling its troops to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the Read more